By L. Malik Anderson July 3, 2015 “Just as I can’t fathom living in a time where blacks and whites can’t marry, I’m happy to know that my son (who is one year old) will feel the same about same-sex couples,” Madison resident Kady DeBerge said. Friday, June 26, The […]
Senate Confirms Loretta Lynch as U.S. Attorney General
By Gloria J. Browne-Marshall May 1, 2015 Loretta E. Lynch Last week, Loretta E. Lynch made history by becoming the 83rd U.S. Attorney General after a lengthy and protracted U.S. Senate confirmation. As the first African-American woman, second African-American and second woman to ever hold the position, she will have to […]
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Proof that the Supreme Court Got it Wrong in Shelby
By George E. Curry, NNPA Columnist May 1, 2015 George E. Curry, NNPA Columnist When the Supreme Court gutted a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act nearly two years ago in Shelby County v. Holder, many of us suspected that Chief Justice John Roberts in particular was distorting the severity […]
Supreme Court to Decide Pollution Standards for Black Communities
By Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent April 10, 2015 Jacqui Patterson, director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program, speaks to press outside the Supreme Court. (Jazelle Hunt/NNPA News Wire Service) “Interestingly, no one is saying, ‘don’t build it.’ Everyone is basically saying, ‘we can do this better.’ So you can […]